- WCW/New Japan Supershow
WCW/New Japan Supershow was an annual
professional wrestling pay-per-view jointly promoted byWorld Championship Wrestling andNew Japan Pro Wrestling . It was held from 1991 to 1993, and was known as "Starrcade " inJapan .cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/results91.php|title=Partial Results From 1991|accessdate=2007-10-06|publisher=Puroresufan.com] The show would be taped in Japan and then edited and aired inNorth America at a later date.I
Infobox Wrestling event
name=WCW/New Japan Supershow I
promotion=World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling
date=March 21 1991
Aired April 1991
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=64,500
lastevent=WrestleWar 1991
nextevent=SuperBrawl IWCW/New Japan Supershow I (known as Starrcade 1991 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on
March 21 1991 from theTokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in North America in April 1991.cite web|url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/japanppv.html#I|title=WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow|accessdate=2007-10-06|publisher=Prowrestlinghistory.com]*Dark match: Animal Hamaguchi, Kengo Kimura, Osamu Kido and Kantaro Hoshino defeated Super Strong Machine,
Hiro Saito ,Tatsutoshi Goto andNorio Honaga
**Kimura pinned Goto.
*Shiro Koshinaka ,Kuniaki Kobayashi andTakayuki Iizuka defeatedTim Horner ,Brian Pillman andTom Zenk (12:10)
**Koshinaka pinned Horner with a Dragon Suplex.
*Dark match:Scott Norton defeated The Equalizer (2:23)
**Norton pinned Equalizer after aPowerslam .
*Jushin Liger defeatedAkira Nogami to retain theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (16:08)
**Liger pinned Nogami after a DDT.
*Arn Anderson andBarry Windham defeatedMasa Saito and Masa Chono (9:17)
**Anderson pinned Saito after a Jumping Lariat.
*TheSteiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) defeated Hiro Hase andKensuke Sasaki to win theIWGP World Tag Team Championship (12:56)
**Scott pinned Sasaki after a Frankensteiner.
*El Gigante defeated Big Cat Hughes (2:16)
**Gigante forced Hughes to submit with a Brain Claw.
*Dark match:Big Van Vader and Crusher Bam Bam Bigelow defeated Doom (Ron Simmons andButch Reed ) (13:17)
**Vader pinned Reed after a Body Press.
*Dark match:Riki Chōshū defeatedTiger Jeet Singh (11:07)
**Chōshū won by KO.
*The Great Muta defeated Sting (11:41)
**Muta pinned Sting with a Diving Body Press.
*Tatsumi Fujinami defeatedRic Flair to win theNWA World Heavyweight Championship (23:06)
**Fujinami pinned Flair with a Grounded Cobra Twist.
**Flair'sWCW World Heavyweight Championship was not on the line as the NWA and WCW titles were considered separate in Japan (WCW considered them the same title at the time).II
Infobox Wrestling event
name=WCW/New Japan Supershow II
promotion=World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling
date=January 4 1992
Aired March 1992
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=60,000
lastevent=Starrcade 1991
nextevent=SuperBrawl IIWCW/New Japan Supershow II (known as Starrcade 1992 in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on
January 4 1992 from theTokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.cite web|url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/japanppv.html#II|title=WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow II|accessdate=2007-10-06|publisher=Prowrestlinghistory.com]*Dark match: Black Cat defeated Hiroyoshi Yamamoto (10:28)
**Black Cat pinned Yamamoto after a DDT.
*Dark match: Osamu Kido andKuniaki Kobayashi defeated Kengo Kimura and Kantaro Hoshino (11:54)
**Kido pinned Hoshino with a Cradle.
*Jushin Liger , Masashi Aoyagi andAkira Nogami defeatedHiro Saito , Super Strong Machine andNorio Honaga (15:12)
**Nogami pinned Saito with a Dragon Suplex.
*Arn Anderson andLarry Zbyszko defeated Michiyoshi Ohara andShiro Koshinaka (12:32)
**Anderson pinned Ohara after a Spinebuster.
*Dusty Rhodes andDustin Rhodes defeatedMasa Saito and Kim Duk (14:23)
**Dustin pinned Duk after a Bulldog.
*Dark match:Tony Halme defeatedScott Norton (8:41)
**Halme pinned Norton after a Diving Lariat.
*Dark match:Shinya Hashimoto defeatedBill Kazmaier (8:37)
**Hashimoto pinned Kazmaier after a Jumping DDT.
*Big Van Vader fought El Gigante to a double disqualification (4:49)
*Dark match:Antonio Inoki defeatedHiroshi Hase (10:09)
**Inoki forced Hase to submit with the Octopus Hold.
*Lex Luger defeated Masa Chono to retain theWCW World Heavyweight Championship (15:09)
**Luger pinned Chono.
*Riki Chōshū defeatedTatsumi Fujinami to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (12:11)
**Choshu pinned Fujinami after a Lariat.
*Sting andKeiji Mutoh defeated TheSteiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) (11:03)
**Sting pinned Scott with a Cradle.III
Infobox Wrestling event
name=WCW/New Japan Supershow III
promotion=World Championship Wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling
date=January 4 1993
Aired March 1993
venue=Tokyo Dome
city=Tokyo, Japan
attendance=63,500
lastevent=Starrcade 1992
nextevent=SuperBrawl IIIWCW/New Japan Supershow III (known as Fantastic Story in Tokyo Dome in Japan) took place on
January 4 1993 from theTokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.cite web|url= http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/japanppv.html#III|title=WCW/New Japan Pay Per Views WCW/New Japan Supershow III|accessdate=2007-10-06|publisher=Prowrestlinghistory.com]*Dark match:
Shiro Koshinaka , The Great Kabuki, Masashi Aoyagi andAkitoshi Saito defeated Super Strong Machine,Hiro Saito ,Tatsutoshi Goto andNorio Honaga (14:20)
**Kabuki pinned Honaga after a Backdrop Suplex.
*Jushin Liger defeatedÚltimo Dragón to win theIWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (20:09)
**Liger pinned Dragon after a Frankensteiner.
*Ron Simmons defeatedTony Halme (6:10)
**Simmons pinned Halme after a Spinebuster.
*Masa Saito andShinya Hashimoto defeatedScott Norton andDustin Rhodes (13:57)
**Hashimoto pinned Rhodes after a Enzuigiri.
*IWGP World Heavyweight Champion The Great Muta defeated Masa Chono to win theNWA World Heavyweight Championship (19:48)
**Mutoh pinned Chono with aMoonsault .
**The IWGP Championship was also on the line.
*Takayuki Iizuka ,Akira Nogami and El Samurai defeated Nobukazu Hirai, Masao Orihara and Koki Kitahara (15:11)
**Nogami pinned Orihara after aPowerbomb from Iizuka.
*Sting defeated Hiro Hase (15:31)
**Sting pinned Hase with a Diving Body Press.
*Dark match: IWGP World Tag Team Champions The Hell Raisers (Hawk Warrior and Power Warrior) fought TheSteiner Brothers (Rick and Scott) to a Double Countout (14:38)
**Although this match was advertised for the PPV, it was changed, due to the Steiners leaving for the WWF.
*Dark match:Tatsumi Fujinami defeatedTakashi Ishikawa (11:41)
**Fujinami forced Ishikawa to submit with a Dragon Sleeper.
*Dark match:Genichiro Tenryu defeatedRiki Chōshū (18:14)
**Tenryu pinned Chōshū after aPowerbomb .References
See also
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World Championship Wrestling
*New Japan Pro Wrestling
*List of WCW pay-per-view events
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